After a half-dozen years on the road, Texas' At the Drive-In has taken an indefinite break from their career. The band, who enjoyed their greatest year in 2000, has cancelled all of their April dates.

"After a six-year, non-stop cycle of record/tour/record/tour," said guitarist Omar Rodriguez, "we are going on an indefinite hiatus. We need time to rest-up and re-evaluate, just to be human beings again and to decide when we feel like playing music again."

While the band's single "One-Armed Scissor" remains on MTV and MTV 2's playlists as well as Billboard's Modern Rock Chart, the band has returned home. At press time they refused comment.

ANTHONY BOZZA
(March 29, 2001)